Arecaceae

family of plants
Thing taxon Q14080
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Summary

Arecaceae is a taxon[1]. Arecaceae has Wikipedia articles in 116 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Arecales[4]
  • Taxon name: Arecaceae[5]
  • Commons category: Arecaceae[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Areca[7]
  • Unicode character: 🌴[8]
  • Start time: -80000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Arecaceae[10]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: taxon:family=Arecaceae[11]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16], Otto's encyclopedia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[20]
  • Taxon synonym: Palmae[21]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=95[22]
  • This taxon is source of: palm wood[23], palm branch[24]
  • Taxon common name: Abɛdua[25], arekovité[26], Palmengewächse[27], Detí[28], Palm family[29], palmera[30], Palmukasvit[31], Pualmer[32], Pálmafélék[33], Արմավենիներ[34], palma[35], ヤシ科[36], Палми[37], arekowate[38]

Why It Matters

Arecaceae is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 48867, 371142
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Inaturalist taxon id: 371142"
  2. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Palm_Tree
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/Palm_Tree, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292174
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11873
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292174, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → palms
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: palms, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951452|palms (#289951452)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fossilworks taxon id → 53807
    Nbic scientific name id → 99391
    Queensland biota id → 6693
    Taxon rank → family
    + 93 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 680, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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